Physical Security

Wrexham prison fencing

by Mark Rowe

A new £250m prison at Wrexham has been worked on by Binns Fencing and Zaun Limited, who in April became sister companies in the Zaun group. The new Category C closed prison with a small remand function will open in 2017 and hold 2106 adult male offenders. for “those who cannot be trusted in open conditions but who do not have the resources and the will to make a determined escape attempt”.

Binns won the order to supply and install almost 2km of prison-standard secure perimeter fencing on the former Firestone site on Wrexham Industrial Estate. Binns has just finished installing the first phase of 5.2m high perimeter made up of 750 of Zaun’s HiSec security fencing panels with the ‘358’ welded mesh configuration.

Construction work is set to be stepped up since the Ministry of Justice officially signed the £156.9m contract with main contractor Lend Lease, after months of preparatory work that included levelling the site, erecting the perimeter fence and digging foundations for the first houseblock.

Binns MD Adam Binns said: ‘Wrexham is typical of the trend among our clients wanting us to take full responsibility for fencing, from design, through manufacture and supply to installation. Now, as part of the Zaun group, we can target this type of work confident in the knowledge we have control right through the project.’

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